Katthivakkam is an residential and industrial area located in the northern part of

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. It is a part of zone 1 in

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. It is under Thiruvottiyur taluk in

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. It is a part of Thiruvottiyur(state assembly constituency) and Chennai North (Lok Sabha constituency). Formerly a town and a

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in the

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, it has now been absorbed by Chennai city in September 2011 and within

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limit since January 2018. The neighbourhood is served by Katthivakkam railway station. As of 2011, the town had a population of 36,617.

Demographics

According to 2011 census, Kattivakkam had a population of 36,617 with a sex-ratio of 983 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929. A total of 4,301 were under the age of six, constituting 2,194 males and 2,107 females. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes accounted for 15.62% and .37% of the population respectively. The average literacy of the town was 74.5%, compared to the national average of 72.99%. The town had a total of : 9354 households. There were a total of 13,273 workers, comprising 17 cultivators, 49 main agricultural labourers, 201 in house hold industries, 10,613 other workers, 2,393 marginal workers, 4 marginal cultivators, 20 marginal agricultural labourers, 80 marginal workers in household industries and 2,289 other marginal workers. As per the religious census of 2011, Kattivakkam had 82.04%

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, 8.86%

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, 8.53%

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, 0.06%

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, 0.01%

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, 0.02% Jains, 0.46% following other religions and 0.02% following no religion or did not indicate any religious preference.

Education

E.T.P.S. Matriculation School is managed by "Ennore Thermal Power Station" under State government.

References

Coastal neighbourhoods of Chennai {{Chennai-geo-stub